Studies of Travel: ItalyFreeman, Edward A. (Edward Augustus)
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Studies of Travel: Italy
Freeman, Edward A. (Edward Augustus)
Italy -- Description and travel
_Samentum_, meaning of the word, 178
_Samnites_, the, 248, 251, 254, 259-262
_Schiavia_, Samnite, Anselm at, 307
_Segni_ (Signia), whether a Thirty-city? 151-154; its
physical position analogous with that of Norba, 155; the
_arx_ of Signia forms the modern _Passegiata_, 156; fragments
of mediæval work in, 157; ancient walls and gateways of,
_ib._, _et seq._, 172, 174; Roman remains on the arx, 162,
163; whether the birthplace of Innocent III., 163; _locandæ_
at, recommended by Gsell-fels, 167
_Sicily_, use of the pointed arch in, 243; the architectural
characteristics of Norman rule in Apulia not found in, 293
_Signia_. See _Segni_.
_Social War_, the, its significance, 261
_Spalato_, its relation to Salona contrasted with that of
Albano to Alba, 112
_Spello_ (Hispellum), its local description, 58; its walls
and towers, 60; Romanesque churches and Roman remains at,
61-63; Roman gateways, 63, 64
_Stewart_, Henry, Cardinal of York, temple of Jupiter
Latiaris destroyed by, 111, 166
_Strabo_, his description of Fidenæ, 85; on Ostia, 102
_Sulla_, restores Cora, 133; Norba destroyed by, 139
T
_Talleyrand_, Bishop of Autun and Prince of Benevento, 265
_Tarlati_, Guy, Bishop and Lord of Arezzo, his tomb, 7, 8
_Telesia_ (Telese), the home of Gaius Pontius, 256, 257, 262;
Anselm at, _ib._
_Terracina_. See _Anxur_.
_Thêseion_, re-dedicated to Saint George, 237
_Tiber_, the, its early importance as a boundary stream, 90;
its destructiveness, 100-103, 106, 107
_Tifata_, Hannibal at, 233, 234; meaning of the name, 234;
whether the scene of Semitic worship, 236; worship of Diana
and Jupiter at, 237; church of Sant' Angelo in Formis at,
233, 238, 240 _et seq._
_Topography_, historical, variety of interest offered by, 86
_Totilas_, Beneventum taken by, 273
_Trajan_, his arch at Rome survives in the arch of
Constantine, 267, 268; his arch at Benevento, 268-273;
important era of the Roman Empire marked by his reign, 270,
271
_Trani_, special interest of its metropolitan church, 286,
287, 290, 291; church of All Saints at, 287
U
_Urban II._, Pope, council at Bari held by, 297, 305
V
_Veii_, its site and desolation, 68, 69, 72-75, 87; conquered
by Rome, _ib._, 75; rivalry of with Rome, 69-72; Etruscan
tombs at, 74, 75
_Velletri_ (Velitræ), 126-129, 166, 167
_Venice_, vassal of the Eastern Empire, protects Bari against
the Saracen, 297
_Veroli_, 210
_Volumnian Tomb_, the, 40 _et seq._
_Volumnius Avle Felimna_, Publius, his analogy to Robert, son
of Godwin, 44, 197
W
_Willis_, Professor, his use of the phrase _mid-wall_ shaft,
245
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